Μερόη

Ancient Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Meroitic 𐦨𐦡𐦷𐦡𐦥𐦢 (medewi /⁠məɾəwi⁠/).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /me.ró.ɛː/ → /meˈro.i/ → /meˈro.i/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /me.ró.ɛː/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /meˈro.e̝/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /meˈro.i/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /meˈro.i/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /meˈro.i/

Proper noun

Μερόη • (Meróē) f (genitive Μερόης); first declension

1. Meroe, Nubia, Sudan

Declension

First declension of ἡ Μερόη; τῆς Μερόης (Attic)

Case / #	Singular
Nominative	ἡ Μερόη hē Meróē
Genitive	τῆς Μερόης tês Meróēs
Dative	τῇ Μερόῃ têi Meróēi
Accusative	τὴν Μερόην tḕn Meróēn
Vocative	Μερόη Meróē
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → Latin: Meroē

Further reading

• Μερόη in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette